See also: قطت and ق ط ب

Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ق ط ب (q-ṭ-b). The plant-name is suspect of an old Aramaic loan, preceding dissimilated Classical Syriac ܩܘܽܪܛܒܳܐ (qurṭəḇā) and ܛܘܽܪܒܳܐ (ṭurṭəḇā) (and ܩܘܽܛܒܳܐ (quṭəḇā), ܩܘܽܛܒܬܳܐ (quṭəḇtā, puncture-vine), possibly Arabisms), however already with the meaning specification, but agreeing with Biblical Hebrew קֹטֶב (qōṭəḇ), קֶטֶב (qeṭeḇ, thorn). Compare رَتَم (ratam) for a similar constellation.

Verb

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قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I (non-past يَقْطِبُ (yaqṭibu), verbal noun قَطْب (qaṭb))

  1. to gather, to collect, to bind together, to contract
  2. (obsolete) to mix the wine, to fill it into its vessels in a blended state
    • a. 625, اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʔaʕšā)
      وَكَأسٍ كَعَينِ الديكِ باكَرتُ حَدَّها
      بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ وَالنَواقيسُ تُضرَبُ
      سُلافٍ كَأَنَّ الزَعفَرانَ وَعَندَما
      يُصَفَّقُ في ناجودِها ثُمَّ تُقطَبُ
      wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
      bi-fityāni ṣidqin wa-n-nawāqīsu tuḍrabu
      sulāfin ka-ʾanna az-zaʿfarāna wa-ʿindamā
      yuṣaffaqu fī nājūdi-hā ṯumma tuqṭabu
      There are stoops splendid like cock’s eyen, and I betook myself early to cross the border [into the land of the Christians]
      with friendly lads, where the bells are hit,
      where there is fore-must wine like saffron,
      and one clinks the beakers and then mixes the wine.

Conjugation

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قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I (non-past يَقْطِبُ (yaqṭibu), verbal noun قَطْب (qaṭb) or قُطُوب (quṭūb))

  1. to knit the eyebrows, to scowl

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قَطَّبَ (qaṭṭaba) II (non-past يُقَطِّبُ (yuqaṭṭibu), verbal noun تَقْطِيب (taqṭīb))

  1. to scowl, to glower; to knit the brow, to frown
  2. (obsolete) to mix the wine, to fill it into its vessels in a blended state
  3. to bind or sew together

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Noun

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قُطْب (quṭbm (plural أَقْطَاب (ʔaqṭāb))

  1. axis, axle
  2. pivot, hub
  3. (electricity, astronomy, geography) pole
  4. (usually in the plural) leader, authority, leading personality, celebrity

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Noun

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قَطْب (qaṭbm

  1. verbal noun of قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) (form I)

Declension

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قطبTribulus terrestris

Noun

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قَطْب or قُطُب (qaṭb or quṭubm

  1. puncture-vine (Tribulus spp.)
    Synonyms: شَرْشَر (šaršar), شَكُوهَج (šakūhaj), حَسَك (ḥasak)

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قطب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 463
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 905

Malay

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Noun

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قطب (plural قطب-قطب or قطب۲, informal 1st possessive قطبکو, 2nd possessive قطبمو, 3rd possessive قطبڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kutub

Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Noun

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قطب (qutbm

  1. pole

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qutb
Dari reading? qutb
Iranian reading? ğotb
Tajik reading? qutb

Noun

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Dari قطب
Iranian Persian
Tajik қутб

قطب (qotb)

  1. pole

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قطب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Noun

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قُطْب (qut̤bm (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁਤਬ)

  1. pole

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قُطب”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Noun

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قُطِبُ (transliteration needed?

  1. pole

Further reading

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “قُطِبُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • قطب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قُطْب (qutbm (Hindi spelling क़ुत्ब)

  1. pole

Further reading

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  • قطب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قطب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • قطب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.